On the afternoon of January 15, 2026 Maritime Silk Road Port Cooperation Forum & Ningbo Zhoushan Port Shipping Business Promotional Seminar was held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Nearly 200 representatives from the port and shipping sectors across the Middle East and around the world gathered for the event, engaging in lively exchanges. The meeting issued a call for cooperation …

DUBAI/WAM Solico Group, a food manufacturing company in the Middle East region, has launched SoFood, an AED130 million ($35.4 million) purpose-built production facility in Jebel Ali Free Zone (Jafza) that will serve as its GCC manufacturing hub. The 5,000 m² site has an initial production capacity of 40 tonnes per day, boosting the resilience of the UAE’s food manufacturing sector. …

ABU DHABI/WAM Dr. Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, Minister of Industry and Advanced Technology and ADNOC Managing Director and Group CEO, has planted ADNOC’s five millionth mangrove seedling during a visit to the Al Nouf mangrove forest in Abu Dhabi, marking a milestone in ADNOC’s ambition to plant 10 million mangroves by 2030. ADNOC has now surpassed the halfway mark towards …